[Veritas-bu] /usr/openv placement
2001-10-05 17:08:43
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[Veritas-bu] /usr/openv placement |
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jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com (Jeff Kennedy) |
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Fri, 05 Oct 2001 14:08:43 -0700 |
Ok, so why? We run numerous EDA applications from a filer and have no
issues with that, why would NBU be any different? And when you add the
management and functionality bonuses I mentioned I would think it would
be a prefered method. I'm not slamming, I just want your reasons (to
make sure you've thought this through...;-])
~JK
"David A. Chapa" wrote:
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> I like NetApps for certain applications, NBU is not one of them.
>
> My opinion is that I prefer direct attached storage (or nearly direct) for
> NBU, NFS doesn't qualify in either camp.
>
> I'm sure its been done and done successfully, I'm just not a fan of it.
>
> My two cents.
>
> David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of Jeff
> Kennedy
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 1:58 PM
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> Subject: [Veritas-bu] /usr/openv placement
>
> I am contemplating putting the entire /usr/openv partition on a NetApp
> filer. My reason is that currently my images directory is 68gb's, and
> this is not yet including the new filer I am adding nor the 5 Novell
> servers that will be added in the next week or so. Once that happens I
> will be looking at much more then 68gb's for images. I do not want to
> have to waste time backing up this data every time a scheduled backup
> finishes, plus it wastes tape when I'm sending them offsite every week.
>
> What I'm planning is to have all the NBU stuff on the filer and
> snapmirror that data to a remote site. This way I can recover
> completely to another site in case of total disaster, or I can
> snapmirror the entire structure back here if needed, or I can just copy
> back the images I need. My WAN pipe between these sites is big enough
> that the difference in recovering from an offsite db backup and
> snapmirroring the entire structure back is negligable.
>
> Any thoughts, opinions, experiences?
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Jeff Kennedy
Unix Administrator
AMCC
jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com
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